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            <title>Climbing weed claws its way into back yards</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Residents are asked to be on the lookout for a tree-climbing, clawed weed that is sneaking into back yards around the state.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>02 November, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Hatching careers with students' poultry competition</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The wide variety and range of careers in the poultry industry has been revealed to students competing in this year&acute;s High Schools&acute; Poultry Industry Education competition.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>02 November, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Fisheries experts and economists to consider potential crab changes</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Queensland crab experts and economists will attend a workshop next month to look at the implications of any changes to rules that currently prevent people taking female mud crabs.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>30 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Gold Coast wholesaler fined $6000</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Fish wholesalers are reminded of the importance of keeping accurate records after a Gold Coast wholesaler was convicted and fined over a number of offences relating to the purchase of seafood.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>29 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Livestock welfare high priority in dry season</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Livestock welfare is becoming increasingly important in North Queensland as the dry season worsens.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>26 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Mysterious whiteheads in wheat prompt QPIF to seek grower assistance</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF) is investigating whiteheads that have set no grain in wheat crops in southern Queensland and northern NSW.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>27 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Overseas research helps Queensland papaya industry</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Scientific research in Australia and the Philippines is paying dividends for our growing $30 million papaya industry.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>23 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Frisky barramundi off limits</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Fishers throwing a line in the Gulf should remember barramundi&nbsp;are now off limits until midday 22 January 2010. ]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>21 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>A punch to banana virus 'bunchy top'</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Queensland is taking positive steps against a disease that annihilated much of South East Queensland&acute;s banana crops in the 1920s and still remains a threat to the state&acute;s $400 million banana industry today. ]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>23 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Queensland's Gulf fishery review closing</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With the first stage of Queensland&acute;s Gulf of Carpentaria Fin Fish Fishery review closing this month, stakeholders are reminded to have their say on the discussion paper.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>23 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Chefs hot on scent of Aussie bush foods</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Native violets, Kakadu plums and wattle seeds are among a bunch of native Australian flavours fast creeping to the top of chefs' ingredient lists in restaurants around the country.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>20 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Researchers declare war on microscopic enemies</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Plant scientists &#45; they&acute;re often quiet achievers but without them our multi-million dollar horticulture and cropping industries would suffer huge losses each year.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>31 August, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Minimum till for maximum results</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Primary producers in the Gympie region will soon be given a hand in overcoming the challenges associated with changing to minimum till systems at an upcoming field day.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>16 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Act now to control Parkinsonia</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A strong message to come out of the Parkinsonia control field day held on October 15 just north of Emerald was that landholders need to take action now to prevent another prolific seed set this summer.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>19 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Scientists teach teachers new tricks in lab sessions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a case of role reversal 45 Queensland teachers learnt new science teaching skills from some of the state&acute;s leading agricultural biotechnologists at a Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF) forum at The University of Queensland.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>06 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Cool food for hot times</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A summer food showcase of regional Queensland produce has proven that kangaroo, among other unique food, is leaping on to restaurant plates around the state.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>16 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Pasture protein-energy shortfall prompts urgent action</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Livestock producers across Queensland are urgently reviewing their supplementary feeding options following a dramatic downturn in animal condition as the seasonal flow-on effects of a virtually rain-free winter and spring hits home.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>15 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Influenza H1N1 confirmed at south-west Queensland piggery </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A piggery near Toowoomba has been placed under quarantine after test results came back positive for Influenza A H1N1.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>14 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Leaking dams can drain irrigation profits</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[All irrigation water storage dams leak to some degree but when that leakage reaches unacceptable levels, the resultant water loss is a significant cost in potential lost productivity.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>12 October, 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>Clean, mean and green &#45; NQ veg producers win the battle against whitefly</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Two North Queensland vegetable growers have broken the back of their silverleaf whitefly problems by overhauling their pest management programs.]]></description>
            
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            <pubDate>12 October, 2009</pubDate>
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